Friends for the fireside: recollections [&c.].1860 |
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... truth- ful bases , which can alone give permanence to her visions , the knowledge which ennobles and purifies , and elevates them , is acquired from books . By reading , a man does as it were antedate his life , and makes himself ...
... truth- ful bases , which can alone give permanence to her visions , the knowledge which ennobles and purifies , and elevates them , is acquired from books . By reading , a man does as it were antedate his life , and makes himself ...
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... Truth , ” a comedy , in prose , by Maurivaut , was produced . Maurivaut said , on leaving the seat where he had sat incognito during the first re- presentation , which had not been greatly successful , that " It was the most tiresome ...
... Truth , ” a comedy , in prose , by Maurivaut , was produced . Maurivaut said , on leaving the seat where he had sat incognito during the first re- presentation , which had not been greatly successful , that " It was the most tiresome ...
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... Truth , if it be a virtue , is a virtue like the plague , having too often the same quality of making us gene- rally shunned and avoided . Buonaparte said , " I have always seen that persons who regard noble and generous conduct in ...
... Truth , if it be a virtue , is a virtue like the plague , having too often the same quality of making us gene- rally shunned and avoided . Buonaparte said , " I have always seen that persons who regard noble and generous conduct in ...
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... truth . If somewhat wakeful in the night , we have " not had a wink of sleep . " If our sleeves get a little damp in a shower , we are as wet " as if dragged through a brook . " If a breeze blow up while we are in " the chops of the ...
... truth . If somewhat wakeful in the night , we have " not had a wink of sleep . " If our sleeves get a little damp in a shower , we are as wet " as if dragged through a brook . " If a breeze blow up while we are in " the chops of the ...
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... truth and anguish , that could he have foreseen them , he would rather have died at once . But he was not required to make the descent by a single leap . He passed from the sunny heights of fortune to the bleak abodes of poverty ...
... truth and anguish , that could he have foreseen them , he would rather have died at once . But he was not required to make the descent by a single leap . He passed from the sunny heights of fortune to the bleak abodes of poverty ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æsop amusing anecdotes answer Aristotle asked beauty better called Captain Marryat character Charles Lamb Charles Mathews Christian conversation dear dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson Duke exclaimed favour fear feel gentleman give good-natured happiness HARRY HIEOVER hath hear heard heart honour Horace Walpole human King lady Leigh Hunt live look Lord Lord Byron Lord Eldon Lord Melbourne Madam Madame du Deffand man's mankind manner marry master means mind morning nature never night novel observed occasion once person pleasure Poet poor post 8vo prayer price 21s reason religion remarked replied servant Sheridan soul speak spirit story sure Sydney Smith T. C. NEWBY'S Talleyrand tell thee Theodore Hook things thou thought told truth virtue Voltaire wife wine wise wish woman word write young
Pasajes populares
Página 186 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards individuals; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one and Judge Such-a-one; so with physicians — I will not speak of my own trade — soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Página 294 - I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well. I do not like thee. Doctor Fell!
Página 253 - If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
Página 206 - ... and such pleasures only imparted as others are qualified to enjoy. By this descent from the pinnacles of art no honour will be lost; for the condescensions of learning are always overpaid by gratitude. An elevated genius employed in little things appears, to use the simile of Longinus, like the sun in his evening declination ; he remits his splendour but retains his magnitude, and pleases more though he dazzles less.
Página 3 - It is good in discourse, and speech of conversation, to vary, and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest ; for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade any thing too far.
Página 110 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold; as he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Página 149 - He is known by his knock. Your heart telleth you " That is Mr. ." A rap, between familiarity and respect ; that demands, and, at the same time, seems to despair of, entertainment. He entereth smiling, and — embarrassed. He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, and — draweth it back again. He casually looketh in about dinner time — when the table is full.
Página 120 - Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers...
Página 150 - He is of opinion that the urn is the more elegant shape; but, after all, there was something more comfortable about the old tea-kettle, which you must remember. He dare say you must find a great convenience in having a carriage of your own, and appealeth to your lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family.
Página 308 - Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die,* Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh?